Marginalia — Interview

Inspired by her own life: Raelke Grimmer discusses the characters in her debut YA novel 'White Noise'

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Inspired by her own life: Raelke Grimmer discusses the characters in her debut YA novel 'White Noise'

Raelke Grimmer's debut YA novel, White Noise, is bringing a fresh new perspective to female autism and friendship set in tropical Darwin, NT.

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Cast sheets and sketching: get to know Hykie Breeze and her illustration process for 'Ella and the Amazing Frog Orchestra'

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Cast sheets and sketching: get to know Hykie Breeze and her illustration process for 'Ella and the Amazing Frog Orchestra'

In this interview Hykie Breeze chats to UWAP intern Samantha Hearn about her illustration process and shares her advice for emerging illustrators.

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Cassy Polimeni is introducing habitat conservation to kids in a magical way with her new junior fiction series 'Ella and the Frogs'

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Cassy Polimeni is introducing habitat conservation to kids in a magical way with her new junior fiction series 'Ella and the Frogs'

Ella and the Amazing Frog Orchestra is a junior fiction book exploring themes of environment preservation, endangered species (frogs), finding home and human kindness. In this interview author Cassy Polimeni chats to UWAP intern Samantha Hearn about the first book in the Ella and the Frogs series.

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Getting to know 2024 DHA shortlistee, Rhian Healy

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Getting to know 2024 DHA shortlistee, Rhian Healy

My Heart is a Plastic Shoe is an unpublished poetry collection centred around the natural world, family bonds and relationships, and is shortlisted for the 2024 Dorothy Hewett Award. In this mini-interview, Healy shares what it feels like to be shortlisted and the motivation behind the collection 

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Getting to know 2024 DHA shortlistee, Rachel Bowman

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Getting to know 2024 DHA shortlistee, Rachel Bowman

The Fear of Empty Spaces by Rachel Bowman is an unpublished haunting historical novel that is shortlisted for the 2024 Dorothy Hewett Award. In this mini-interview, Bowman shares what it feels like to be shortlisted and the challenges of writing historical fiction. 

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